{"id":"ALSA-2023:7053","summary":"Moderate: ghostscript security and bug fix update","details":"The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)\n* ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)\n* ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-01-30T01:20:45.775317Z","published":"2023-11-14T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2020-16305","CVE-2023-28879","CVE-2023-38559","CVE-2023-4042"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28879"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2184585"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2224367"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2228151"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7053.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript-doc","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-doc"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript-tools-dvipdf","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-dvipdf"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript-tools-fonts","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-fonts"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript-tools-printing","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-tools-printing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript-x11","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript-x11"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libgs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libgs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libgs-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libgs-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.27-11.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}